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Steve Lacy
Scratching The Seventies / Dreams
Compil. FR 1997 on Saravah label
Jazz (Free Jazz, Contemporary Jazz)
Mastered in August 1996. A comprehensive reissue of all five of Lacy's 70's releases on Saravah, as follows: Tracks 1-1 to 1-6 recorded in September 1971 in Studio Saravah, Paris and originally released on LP as Lapis (Saravah 10031). Tracks 1-7 to 1-13 recorded in February 1974 in Studio Saravah, Paris and originally released on LP as Scraps (Saravah 10049). Tracks 2-1 to 2-5 recorded in May 1975 in Studio Saravah, Paris and originally released on LP as Dreams (Saravah 10058). Tracks 2-6 & 3-8 recorded on 15 June 1969 at Galleria L'Attico, Rome and originally released on LP as Roba (Saravah 10026). Tracks 3-1 to 3-7 recorded in 1977 at Studio Davout, Paris and originally released on LP as The Owl (Saravah 1088).
Musicians
 | Steve Lacy ss, 1934-2004 US bells, petites cloches, liner notes, interviewee, percussion, tape, bandes, sopranino saxophone, soprano saxophone, album by |
 | Steve Potts as, ss, *1943 US alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone |
 | Jean-Jacques Avenel b, cb, 1948-2014 FR autoharp, kora, sheng, cheng, bass |
 | Kent Carter b, cb, *1939 US bass, cello |
 | Irene Aebi voc, vn, vc, *1939 CH cello, violin, voice |
 | Claudio Volonte , clarinet |
 | Butch Morris cor, 1947-2013 US cornet |
 | Carlo Colnaghi drums |
 | Kenneth Tyler dr, perc, tab, drums, percussion, flute |
 | Oliver Johnson dr, 1944-2002 US drums |
 | Derek Bailey g, eg, 1930-2005 GB guitar |
 | Takashi Kako p, *1947 JP keyboards |
 | Etienne Brunet as, FR liner notes, interviewer, reissue producer, reissue realised by |
 | Michael Smith p, SE piano, organ, organette |
| Vincent Lainé reissue producer, reissue realised by |
 | Italo Toni , trombone |
 | Enrico Rava tr, fh, *1939 IT trumpet |
 | Boulou Ferré g, *1951 FR guitar |
 | Jack Treese voc, g, bj, guitar |
Producers
| Phong Luong Dien graphics, graphic design |
| Jean-Pierre Chalbos mastered by |
| Horace photography by, booklet |
| Roberto Masotti photography by, booklet |
| Hart Leroy Bibbs photography by, front |
| Pierre Barouh producer, produced by (original and reissue) |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Lapis | Steve Lacy | ||
| 2 | | Three Pieces From Tao | Steve Lacy | 11:39 | |
| 3 | | Existence | Steve Lacy | 3:56 | |
| 4 | | The Way | Steve Lacy | 3:17 | |
| 5 | | Life On Its Way | Steve Lacy | 4:23 | |
| 6 | | The Highway | Steve Lacy | 5:27 | |
| 7 | | The Cryptosphere | Steve Lacy | 3:09 | |
| 8 | | Lapis | Steve Lacy | 7:29 | |
| 9 | | The Precipitation Suite | Steve Lacy | 7:25 | |
| 10 | | I Feel A Draft | Steve Lacy | 1:21 | |
| 11 | | Cloudy | Steve Lacy | 2:26 | |
| 12 | | Rain | Steve Lacy | 3:37 | |
| 13 | | Paris Rip-off | Steve Lacy | 3:09 | |
| 14 | | Scraps | Steve Lacy | ||
| 15 | | Ladies | Steve Lacy | 9:05 | |
| 16 | | Obituary | Steve Lacy | 1:02 | |
| 17 | | Scraps | Steve Lacy | 7:13 | |
| 18 | | Name | Steve Lacy | 4:45 | |
| 19 | | Torments | Steve Lacy | 5:31 | |
| 20 | | Pearl Street | Steve Lacy | 3:48 | |
| 21 | | The Wire | Steve Lacy | 5:13 | |
| 22 | | Dreams | Steve Lacy | ||
| 23 | | The Uh Uh Uh | Steve Lacy | 5:18 | |
| 24 | | Dreams | Steve Lacy | 3:06 | |
| 25 | | The Oil | Steve Lacy | 7:05 | |
| 26 | | The Wane | Steve Lacy | 9:57 | |
| 27 | Crops | Steve Lacy | 11:01 | ||
| 28 | Roba | Steve Lacy | |||
| 29 | Roba (Part 1) | Steve Lacy | 19:27 | ||
| 30 | The Owl | Steve Lacy | |||
| 31 | Somebody Special | Steve Lacy | 6:51 | ||
| 32 | Blinks | Steve Lacy | 7:25 | ||
| 33 | The Owl | Steve Lacy | 5:28 | ||
| 34 | Touchstones | Steve Lacy | |||
| 35 | Wish | Steve Lacy | 5:53 | ||
| 36 | Spell | Steve Lacy | 3:39 | ||
| 37 | Lesson | Steve Lacy | 8:08 | ||
| 38 | Notre Vie | Steve Lacy | 4:27 | ||
| 39 | Roba | Steve Lacy | |||
| 40 | Roba (Part 2) | Steve Lacy | 22:03 |
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